I'm Thrilled!!!!
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I'm Thrilled!!!!
Hi everyone!
I have been lurking around, getting to know everyone through your posts. What a wonderful and supportive group of people. (Must be because we're not all cranky from dieting! )
Anyway, I posted about this AD-NAUSUEM on my daily check-in but this is such a big accomplishment for me, I feel like shouting it from the rooftops, so I just had to share! I have struggled FOREVER with sitting down and paying attention when I eat. I have tried to do it many, many times but just ended up feeling lonely and blue and bingeing. I could sit down, yes, but only at the computer or while watching TV.
I did a lot of thinking about this yesterday (today is my Day 1) and at first I attributed it to childhood abandonment, being single, my sad life, blah blah blah etc... but when I really thought about it I realized it was because every time I tried to sit down to eat it was when I was dieting (ie eating foods I didn't like or want). The last time I tried it I was on WW and I felt like the saddest person on Earth sitting there eating my 3 point dinner. It was over quickly, I didn't enjoy it and I'm sure I went searching for more.
So I decided to go to the store and get things I really, really liked to eat (no sweets though ) . And tonight....I sat down at the table, with no distractions, and ate my dinner! Woot! (Granted, it was a rather large and odd meal but it was what I wanted- and it fit on one plate. Barely ) But I did it. Even my roommate commented on it. We've lived together for a year and she's never seen me eat a meal at the table.
I know this seems like such a small thing, but for me, this is HUGE!!!! I WILL NEVER DIET AGAIN!!! This was such a great lesson. And truth be told, I didn't end up loving everthing on my plate and I realized that it was too big. But isn't that what it's all about? Finding out what I like (and how much) and eating it, rather than being TOLD what to eat? Love it.
I'm on cloud 9! Thank you to Reinhard & everyone on these boards! Tomorrow night I plan to do the same!
Moxie
I have been lurking around, getting to know everyone through your posts. What a wonderful and supportive group of people. (Must be because we're not all cranky from dieting! )
Anyway, I posted about this AD-NAUSUEM on my daily check-in but this is such a big accomplishment for me, I feel like shouting it from the rooftops, so I just had to share! I have struggled FOREVER with sitting down and paying attention when I eat. I have tried to do it many, many times but just ended up feeling lonely and blue and bingeing. I could sit down, yes, but only at the computer or while watching TV.
I did a lot of thinking about this yesterday (today is my Day 1) and at first I attributed it to childhood abandonment, being single, my sad life, blah blah blah etc... but when I really thought about it I realized it was because every time I tried to sit down to eat it was when I was dieting (ie eating foods I didn't like or want). The last time I tried it I was on WW and I felt like the saddest person on Earth sitting there eating my 3 point dinner. It was over quickly, I didn't enjoy it and I'm sure I went searching for more.
So I decided to go to the store and get things I really, really liked to eat (no sweets though ) . And tonight....I sat down at the table, with no distractions, and ate my dinner! Woot! (Granted, it was a rather large and odd meal but it was what I wanted- and it fit on one plate. Barely ) But I did it. Even my roommate commented on it. We've lived together for a year and she's never seen me eat a meal at the table.
I know this seems like such a small thing, but for me, this is HUGE!!!! I WILL NEVER DIET AGAIN!!! This was such a great lesson. And truth be told, I didn't end up loving everthing on my plate and I realized that it was too big. But isn't that what it's all about? Finding out what I like (and how much) and eating it, rather than being TOLD what to eat? Love it.
I'm on cloud 9! Thank you to Reinhard & everyone on these boards! Tomorrow night I plan to do the same!
Moxie
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ABSOLUTELYBut isn't that what it's all about? Finding out what I like (and how much) and eating it, rather than being TOLD what to eat? Love it.
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Welcome to the world of moderation and happiness. It's a great feeling isn't it? I especially like the part about sitting down and eating what you wanted instead of what they told you to eat. It's a wonderful feeling!
Laura Ann
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Then the time came when the pain of staying a tight bud became greater than the risk it took to bloom.
SW: 282
CW: 173
GW: 150-185
Then the time came when the pain of staying a tight bud became greater than the risk it took to bloom.
We understand you here. You are not alone. I've had a love/hate relationship with food for most of my adult life and I always felt like a weirdo who had no control of what I put in my mouth. Well, now I know two things. I'm not alone and I CAN be in control if I choose. It's great just to feel "normal".
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